What are the most important things you look for when making an investment decision?

As an angel investor you typically invest at an early stage of the startup, where there may not be much traction, customers, revenue and/or data yet. With so little information available to you at the time, what are the most important things you look for when making an investment decision?

Answer

Do I think I can a) learn b) build a relationship that will be mutually valuable beyond the current startup c) actually help

If I can do all these things, and I have a crush on the startup idea (use it every day, have a million use cases in mind) then I want to invest.

AMA #1

Experienced angel investor, invests in an average of 5 companies per year. Current founder and YCombinator alum.

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